The Best of Nelly Furtado
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| Compilation album by Nelly Furtado | ||||
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November 12, 2010 |
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| Label (s) | Geffen Records / Universal Music | |||
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CD, download |
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18/25 |
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73:42 / 105: 48 |
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The Best of Nelly Furtado ( English for The Best of Nelly Furtado ) is a compilation album of the Portuguese - Canadian pop - singer Nelly Furtado . It was released on November 12, 2010 on the Geffen Records label as a standard and deluxe edition.
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Most of the songs on the album are previously released singles from the four studio albums Whoa, Nelly! (three songs), Folklore (three songs), Loose (five tracks) and Mi plan (one track). Only the tracks Girlfriend in the City , Night Is Young and Stars are new releases. The duets Fotografía with Juanes and Broken Strings with James Morrison , which previously appeared on their studio albums, are also on the compilation. In addition, a live cover version of the song Crazy by Gnarls Barkley is included on the album.
The deluxe version also includes seven previously published duets with other artists. The super deluxe version also comes with a DVD containing 13 music videos by the singer.
production
The songs selected for the album were produced by a wide variety of producers. Nelly Furtado herself produced the beats for six songs together with Track & Field. She is also involved in two or four other productions. Timbaland and Danja created four instrumentals together. Two beats each come from Salaam Refi, Rick Nowels and Lester Mendez. In addition, Juanes and Gustavo Santaolalla , David Foster , Tiësto and Kamal Gray from The Roots are represented with one production each.
Guest Posts
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The standard edition includes three guest appearances by other artists. The rapper and producer Timbaland appears on the song Promiscuous , while the Colombian singer Juanes can be heard on the song Fotografía . The British singer James Morrison is also represented in the duet Broken Strings .
The deluxe version contains seven more duets with international musicians. These are the Canadian singer Michael Bublé ( Quando, Quando, Quando ), again Juanes ( Te Busque ), the Brazilian singer-songwriter Caetano Veloso ( Island of Wonder ), the Indian singer Asha Bhosle ( I'm Like a Bird (Remix) ), the Dutch DJ Tiësto ( Who Wants to Be Alone ), the American rap group The Roots ( Sacrifice ) and the New Zealand singer Keith Urban ( In God's Hands ).
Cover design
The album cover shows half of Nelly Furtado's face and upper body on the left. In the right part of the picture is the pink lettering The Best of Nelly Furtado . The background is pink.
Track list
| # | title | Guest Posts | producer | length | album |
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| 1 | I'm like a bird | Track & Field and Nelly Furtado | 4:03 | Whoa, Nelly! | |
| 2 | Turn off the light | Track & Field and Nelly Furtado | 4:35 | Whoa, Nelly! | |
| 3 | Shit on the Radio (Remember the Days) |
Track & Field and Nelly Furtado | 3:55 | Whoa, Nelly! | |
| 4th | Fotografía | Juanes | Juanes and Gustavo Santaolalla | 3:59 | Un Día Normal |
| 5 | Powerless (Say What You Want) | Track & Field and Nelly Furtado | 3:52 | folklore | |
| 6th | Try | Track & Field and Nelly Furtado | 4:37 | folklore | |
| 7th | Força | Track & Field and Nelly Furtado | 3:40 | folklore | |
| 8th | Promiscuous | Timbaland | Timbaland and Danja | 4:02 | Loose |
| 9 | Maneater | Timbaland and Danja | 4:18 | Loose | |
| 10 | Say it right | Timbaland and Danja | 3:42 | Loose | |
| 11 | All Good Things (Come to an End) | Timbaland and Danja | 5:09 | Loose | |
| 12 | In God's Hands | Rick Nowels and Nelly Furtado | 4:11 | Loose | |
| 13 | Broken Strings | James Morrison | Mark Taylor | 4:10 | Songs for You, Truths for Me |
| 14th | Girlfriend in the City | Salaam Remi | 4:40 | previously unpublished | |
| 15th | Night is Young | Salaam Remi and StayBent Krunk-a-Delic |
3:31 | previously unpublished | |
| 16 | Stars | Lester Mendez | 4:28 | previously unpublished | |
| 17th | Manos al Aire | James Bryan and Nelly Furtado | 3:27 | Wed plan | |
| 18th | Crazy (Radio 1 Live Lounge Session) | 3:23 |
Deluxe Edition bonus songs:
| # | title | Guest Posts | producer | length | album |
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| 1 | Quando, Quando, Quando | Michael Bublé | David Foster and Humberto Gatica | 4:46 | It's time |
| 2 | Te Busque | Juanes | Lester Mendez | 3:39 | Loose |
| 3 | Island of Wonder | Caetano Veloso | Lil 'Jaz and Nelly Furtado | 3:50 | folklore |
| 4th | I'm Like a Bird (Remix) | Asha Bhosle | Hans Ebert | 5:27 | |
| 5 | Who Wants to Be Alone | Tiësto | Tiësto | 4:38 | Kaleidoscope |
| 6th | Sacrifice | The roots | Kamal Gray | 4:47 | Phrenology |
| 7th | In God's Hands | Keith Urban | Rick Nowels and Nelly Furtado | 4:37 |
Bonus DVD of the Super Deluxe Edition:
| # | title |
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| 1 | I'm like a bird |
| 2 | Turn off the light |
| 3 | Powerless (Say What You Want) |
| 4th | Try |
| 5 | Força |
| 6th | Explode |
| 7th | Maneater |
| 8th | Promiscuous |
| 9 | Say it right |
| 10 | All Good Things (Come to an End) |
| 11 | In God's Hands |
| 12 | No Hay Igual |
| 13 | Wait for you |
Chart successes and singles
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The best of album rose to number 20 in the German charts and stayed in the top 100 for nine weeks.
The song Night Is Young was released as a single . The song reached position 69 in Austria and stayed in the charts for two weeks.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rating: laut.de
- ↑ Rating: allmusic.com
- ↑ album cover
- ↑ Chart sources: DE ( Memento of the original from May 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. AT CH UK US
- ↑ Nelly Furtado at musicline.de ( Memento of the original from May 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Night Is Young AT # 69, 2 weeks.
